Improvement in molds for artificial-marble burial-cases



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"I'. E. DANIELS. ,MOLDS FOR ARTIFICIAL MARBLE BURIAL-CASES.

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NITED STATES PATENT TAYLOR E.- DANIELS, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

IQMPIROZYEMENTJNMOLIDS- FOR ARTIFICIAL-MARBLE BURlAL-CASES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l77, Sl3,dated May 2 3, 1876; application filed May 10, 1876. Y l

To all'fwhom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, TAYLOR E. DANIELS, of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certainlmprovements' in Molds for Artificial-Marble Burial-,

Cases, of which the following: is a specification:

My invention relates to improvements in the construction" of sectional molds for forming Figure 1 represents a top plan view of .my improved mold Fig. 2, a vertical cross'section Y of the same on the line no to; Fig. 3, a bottom plan view of the core, showing its internal construction; Fig. 4, a perspective, view illustrating the construction of the cornerpieces, and of the core wallswhich connect therewith Fig. 5, a top plan view of the lid, forming a portion of the mold; Fig. 6, a longitudinal central section of the same.

My present improvements are intended mainly for use in the manufacture of those coffins which have their outer faces ornament ed by. raised panels, or made of a convex or bulging form, the object being to recess the inside of the walls to correspond with their exterior form so as to render them of uniform thickness,' and thereby render the coffin as light as possible. This result I attain by the employment of a sectional collapsible core, which can be readily separated into parts in order to permit its removal from the coflin. As shown inFigs. 1 and 2, the mold for the coffin-body consists of a base or bottom board, A, provided with removable outside walls B,

,and a removable core, 0, the walls having their inner faces recessed to produce the required convexity on the outside of the coffin, and the core having its exterior made convex, in order to produce the desired concavity on the inside of the coflin-walls.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the core consists of four pieces, a, forming the sides and ends, four metal corner-pieces, b, and a top board, 0', secured in place by pivoted buttons 11, looking at their ends into notches in the sides. The side and end pieces a are arranged toiit into notches in the corner-pieces flush with. the outside thereof, and are provided with bars 0, which formbearings for clampin g-plates f. which latter are held by screws 9 passing through them into the corner-pieces, as shown, so that when the screws are tightened up they draw-the corners of the core snugly and firmly together. When the core is to be removed from the interior of the molded coffin, the screws and clamping-plates are removed, the buttons unlocked, and the top board 0 lifted out, and then the sides and ends and corner-pieces removed one at atime. It will thus be seen that by constructing the core in sections in suchmanner that it can be collapsed and removed in parts, a coffin may be -formed with any required swell or concavity in its inner face. a

The outside walls B of the mold consist of two side and two endpieces, the latter fitting into grooves in the former, and being held therein by rods D, the ends of which are passed through the sides and provided with nuts E on the outside, as shown in Fig. 1. There are two independent rods for each side piece, pivoted at their inner ends to the end pieces, and arranged to swing at their outer ends into notches cut through the sides. This arrangement permits therelease of either side without affecting-the other, prevents the loss of the rods, retains them in position so that they may be readily adjusted, and admits of their being swung into and out of position without removing the nuts from their ends.

For the purpose of giving the coffin addi'tional strength, and affording a hold for the lid-fastening screws, it is desirable to embody in theirwalls skeleton metal frames'and leaden nuts, which is accomplished by placing the frames and. nuts in the mold and casting the coffins thereon.

In order-to retain the frames and nuts in their proper positions in the mold, I provide the bottom or base board A with studs or points 41 to enter and hold them, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, which represent the nuts in place. v

That portion of the mold in which the lid or cover of the coffin is formed, consists, as shown,

.in Figs. 5 and 6, of two main parts,a'flat body, F, provided with a recess of the tor-m and size of the lid, and witha detachablecore, m, to produce the opening for the face-plate, and of a large removable core-plate, Gr, sus tained atone end by a cross-bar, n, and at the other by the core m, as shown. 'The core .G serves torecess the under. side of the lid and render the same of uniform thickness.

In order to permit the casting of leaden or other collars in the lid to receive the fastening-screws, the body F is provided, like the base-board A, with studs 5, to receive and hold the collars in the same manner that those on the-baseboard hold the nuts and frames. The points on the base-board and those on the lidmold must of course be located to correspond with each other, so that the screws when passed through the lid will enter the nuts in the body. I

In order to prevent the accumulation of material upon the edges of the two parts of the mold when filling them, I employ thin metal plates I, having openings in the center corresponding with the cavity of the molds, as shown in Fig. 2. When the moldsare to be filled these plates are laid upon their upper edges so as to receive the surplus material, so that after the filling is completed the removal of the plates will remove the Surplus material and leave the edges or faces of the molds perfectly clean.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In contradistinction to a mold for straightwalled coffins, the combination of the removable outer walls B, having recesses or concavities in their inner faces, and the sectional collapsible core 0, having its sides formed with corresponding convexities or protuberances, as shown, whereby'the mold is adapted for the formation of coflins having bulged or irregular walls of uniform thickness.

'2. The combination of the. corner-pieces b, side and end pieces (1, plates f, screws g, and removable top 0, provided with the buttons d, asshown.

3. In combination with theside and end walls B, constructed as shown, the pivoted rods D, provided with the nuts E, as and for the purpose described.

4. A mold for artificial-stone coflins, provided with internal studs or points i, as and for the'purpose described.

5. In combination with a coffin-mold, a metal plate, I, applied as and for "the purpose described.

TAYLOR E; DANIELS.

Witnesses P. T. DODGE, WILL. W, DoneE. 

